Royal Wok in Southend-on-Sea

Ordered from here previously and it was lovely, been a while tried again and oh wow what a mistake! Chow mein was ok but crispy beef was Halloween and not appetising, crispy chicken looked more like beef than the beef did. It was coated in a thick layer of something to give it taste but was not good. Deeply regret trying here again

The food was okay but I only live 5 mins from the takeaway and the food was almost cold when it arrived. Probably wouldn't order from here again

It was so tasty and fresh and really hot like its just been cooked.

Food was nice, but took over an hour and a half to arrive

Unfortunately the food was one of the worst Chinese food takeout iv had the chicken and sweetcorn soup was cold and had no flavour the noodles where greasy lots of beef no flavour the rice was dry old and crunchy the bbq sauce was tasteless then the meat was hard lumps and it had a wet dog smell the chicken had hard lumps and was disgusting then I opened the bag of prawn crackers they were soft 0/10 for us I’m offended that we paid £25 for food that went in the bin

Often order from here. Reasonable portions, food always hot and tasty. Delivery consistently speedy and drivers always friendly. Recommend the saver set meal, it’s a life saver on a lazy day - wontons / prawn toast 10/10.

sauce was watery, and everything lacked flavour, the chow mein tasted very plain, the egg fried rice didn't have much egg and it wasn't really fried rice, could have been cooked longer. not very much meat in the dish and the sauce was watery and it had leaked all over everything inside the bag and it made a huge mess when unpacking it.

Loved the man that delivered my food was lovely 10/10 would recommend. (Food is delicious too)

Cute little takeaway restaurant, makes my favourite chicken and noodle soup because they put nice vegetables inside! Very affordable prices in comparison to others in the area and food tastes lovely :) nice and friendly staff! the food is prepared quickly and I always enjoy getting my food there!

Food was excellent and enjoyed by all. Great service.

Pre-ordered for 17.30 as partner gets home around 17.15. It arrived at 16.45 and therefore was cold.

Good food, quick delivery, food hot

Sadly, I was so disappointed with the food. It was basically tasteless.

Really bad quality, greasy, over cooked, portions padded out with an excessive amount of onion. Would not order again.

Always great quality food, fresh and tasty

Food tastes of rancid oil. Horrible

Great hot food. very tasty. the portions were big too

yummy and fabulous and loads of it!

Food was cold over cooked and two hours late

Always tasty and hot. We order every Saturday.

Our food was delicious thank you

Excellent, best prawn toast we've ever had!

The food was tasteless, basically. And cold when it arrived. The curry was lumpy. The chicken balls were very dry & doughy. Overall not enjoyable at all. Very disappointed ☹️

Hi, just wanted to let you know two of the dishes leaked sauce all over everything in the bag. Just wanted to let you know in case the driver wasn't aware that it was being spilled.in transit. Thanks

May have changed hands as this place has massively improved. Had takeaway from here twice recently. Large portions, succulent meat, really tasty. Well done Royal Wok.

I don't know if this place has changed hands but the last couple of times we've had food from here recently it has been simply the best. Really tasty, succulent meat, lots of it. Well done Royal Wok. We will definitely be coming back for more takeaways soon.

Always lovely and hot, delicious.

Peking sauce was heavily laced with green chillies! Not up to the usual standard I'm afraid.

Food is amazing. Duck spring rolls were huge and so good and and the pork in Peking sauce was the best I've had

Really tasty and lovely and hot.

The best one I have had.. Delivered with a smile.

Food was absolutely vile, “crab meat” is just processed artificial meat “seafood sticks” clumps of coconut stuck together in the “Tom yum soup” absolutely disgusting. “Pieces of squid? 1 piece of squid which was tiny. All the flavours of the “Singapore style” only stuck on piece is the rice noodles. I will never ever order from here again. Absolutely disgusting.

Food is lovely very tasty and piping hot.

Second time that we have ordered from here and the food has tasted like it was reheated from the day before....shame as the food used to be really tasty.

Love Royal Wok have it most weekends.

food was banging not our normal choice for this type of food but we was not disapointed very good on all products ordered 9/10

The food was delicious however the king prawn Hong Kong style was crispy and the crispy tofu was Hong Kong style. Both were yummy but unexpected!

Lovely would definitely order again

Pre ordered at 16.30 delivery due to start at 17.25 got our food at 17 10 very tasty and fresh

I’ve been ordering from this takeaway for 20 years and this evening’s experience was a let down. No idea if it’s changed hands but the quality just wasn’t there.

Ordered sweet and sour prawn balls, got chicken, just thrown the whole lot up.

The chips were fried and refried so much they were like little razors - they just tasted of oil and not enough fluffy chip. The omelette was actually tasty but served with those heart attack inducing chips it became an oily chore. My daughter had sweet and sour balls that she described as doughy & wet and unpleasant to eat because of this. Upon inspection the outside was crispy then there was an unpleasant almost uncooked doughy part. Poor.

The best Chinese in Essex, by far, I've eaten all the takeaways here, this is without question the best I've had

Great food, super quick delivery. Recommend this place!

One of the worst Chinese food I’ve had

Pre ordered this to arrive at 630 and it was bang on time and hot and Fresh

Very tasty with proper king prawns.

We ordered Crispy Duck pancake rolls. We received Veg Pancake Rolls . Not impressed .

Ordered £40 worth of takeaway at 5:30pm, after two hours we called for an update to be told it had already been delivered to a flat, we live in a house nowhere near flats, we were then told we’d receive another order within 30 mins, called again for another update, was told it will be another 25 mins. When we complained we were simply told “you know you can cancel” 3 hours £40 down and no food great experience would recommend…

Fabulous,katsu though not tasting like katsu

Although 1 box of the ribs or something leaked into the bag, Apart from that the food was very tasty, hot and fresh cooked very well. Will order again.

Always great food, long estimate but always delivered within the time promised and regularly much earlier

Long wait for tough meat and bland flavours - go elsewhere.

Not taste i expected had better take away food mot yo my standard too sweet

Food was lovely and hot. Prawn toast amazing,very thick. Not greasy. Definitely order from here again.😊

Quite a long wait. Chicken rather than prawn on toast but pretty tasty

Restaurant had fire. Please refund back to bank account. No order delivered.

The chicken in the curry was either ok or tough and chewy. Both meals rather dry. I will not be ordering from this place again

ordered beef in black been sauce and egg fried rice 45 mins ok beef over cooked and chewy and lots of fat. black bean sauce been reheated to many times and tasted burnt. had to give 1 rating as not allowed to give -0. my blag rubbish sack will be complaing due this. top of my road and worst in area

Always tasty, always hot and a nice delivery man. No complaints at all and wouldn't go anywhere else. Thank you.

Never been so disappointed I order Egg foo young dishes, everyone can Google how it's actually looks like but received more like scrambled eggs 😭 And the hot sour soup was so blend no flavour...

Food is always piping hot and fresh.

Delivery very quick food lovely and hot

My favourite Chinese food place. Never disappoints

Never had bad food from here, everything is cooked perfectly. Well priced and good sized portions.

Haven't been for a couple of years, but still as good as ever.

It was delicious, hot and tasty.

Fantastic food, the right amount of spice, I really enjoyed it. The delivery was on time, the delivery man was very polite and smiled. worth every penny, great service.

Great food, tasty hot and delicious. Good communication from start to finish.

The duck was soggy, the sweet and sour chicken was too tangy and the beef was not fresh. Had to throw it out

We always enjoy the food from here. The salt & pepper mushrooms are delicious!

Late with no apology and cold on top of that!

Delicious! Loads left over too for lunch tommorow

Food took 1:45 minutes to get to me. Way past the estimated delivery time. You need to turn off the system when you’re too busy guys! Well, the food was thick and gelatinous when I got it and noodles were greasy. Didn’t taste amazing and went to bed feeling sick. Maybe because I ordered my dinner at 7:00 and didn’t get to eat till 9:00pm. Used to love this place but not good anymore. Gave them an extra star as I had fond memories of them and the girl on the phone said sorry.

Food used to be much better then it is now. plus 1hr 45min for a delivery is way too long. turn off the online ordering system if you cant keep time and quality to a high standard. Shame guys. you used to be great.

Quite possibly the most disappointing meal I've ordered in a fair old while. My quarter of duck came pre-shredded, yet contained so many tiny bits of bone that each mouthful was just dangerous enough to be of concern. And the Beijing 'Spicy' dishes? Don't bother. The Beijing 'Spicy' ribs aren't ribs, they're small chunks of what were likely normal sized ribs to begin with, that consist mostly of bone and gristle. The Beijing 'Spicy' chicken wings aren't wings, they're just tiny bits of chicken akin to a quarter of a chicken nugget. And both dishes are just drenched in a sweet sauce that isn't at all spicy, with a few tiny bits of chilli pepper languishing at the bottom of the tray to trick you into thinking it might at least be 'Spicy' on the way back out in the morning. The Beijing 'Spicy' chips were the final insult - so drenched in the aforementioned non-spicy sauce that one would be forgiven for thinking they were pre-boiled before the sauce was added. Delivery was early though. So there's that.

Salt & pepper mushrooms are the best!

Absolutely disgusting, ribs that are not ribs just fat, beef in mushrooms had a layer of jelly over it, like it had been reheated but obviously not properly to have jelly bits and rubbery beef, the sweet and sour chicken hong Kong style was all stuck together and not fresh at all, the plain chow mein had a funny aftertaste and the sweet and sour sauce was bright pink it was glowing on the plate 🤣 surly that's not right, end of the day we paid £34 and not even edible NEVER AGAIN

Superb. We have ordered from here time and time again. Always Superb. Great portion size and great quality food.

Good food but shredded chicken was really hard unfortunately

brought beef in black bean sauce yesterday beef was very chewy overcooked sauce was a very black overcooked gravy veg was raw but nice chunky pieces and food was in bag within 1 min from order what a shame this place top of my road but will not return

Very good. Delivered quickly and all the dishes tasted great. Can't ask for more than that! Will definitely use again 👍

Absolutely amazing food. Delivered quickly, piping hot, and so tasty.

Extremely good quality food great potions and very enjoyable

Very disappointed food was not hot and tasted as if it had been 're heated

Very very bland and oily, definitely not worth the money and the wait.

Sat evenning we order take away From Royal Wok we have pork chow main Was very spicy no option online so we can stop food be spicy oh i worder 2 times Beef Brocali with worc sauce the beef very hard to shue we not enjoy was terrible ate family was Angry so have to spend another £15 in pizza after i pay £24 on chinese call the shop told about the beef just put the phone down.

All the food items were tasty with the right mix of spices. But the rice in the egg rice was semi-boiled. Please boil it well next time. Some of the large chunks of broccoli and carrots were also not well-boiled. Next time, please send us small pieces of broccoli and carrots that can be easily and quickly boiled. Packaging and Delivery was good.

Tasty, interesting choice. One of my favourite restaurants.

It wasn't the best . We usually go to blossom gardens but it's shut on a Tuesday ... House special chow mein , chips and curry sauce .. 32 £ lighter and won't be back

Very good. Quick delivery. Big portions.

Lovely will definitely order again

Food was lovely. Authentic Chinese flavours, and texture of each dish was as expected and enjoyable. Will return again and recommend to others.

Good food and arrived just before we requested.

Food is always nice, but l had to wait nearly 2hrs for my food then when I did get it they had gave me someone else’s order.

Food was hot but everything was super salty. Especially the bbq sauce. Everything went in the bin unfortunately

Didn’t enjoy the food. The prawn crackers were spongy and the pancake rolls tasted disgusting and tasted rancid. Sadly disappointed.

Lovely food my daughter loves the sweet and sour chicken

Hello, when I order from this restaurant Royal wook&May china. And before order its saying that need wait until 1 hour. No problem, but when I order, it was saying that need wait longer. And they come after 2 hours, this is soooo long. And when driver call me, I was already in hospital, waitting baby due. If they would be come in 1 hour, its not problem, but not 2 hours when People are hungry and wana eat before hospital. When driver call me, I said that we are at hospital, nobody not home. And can he bring food back to restaurant. I wana return my money back please, thank you. Vesma

Safe the day and happy to wait for the food thanks again so lovely